Hi,
I'm about to commence a major refurb/extension on our recently acquired 1950's home. The work will include replacing the 25 yr old boiler/hw tank and single bathroom in the existing house. If all goes to plan we will have a new system providing GCH/HW to a largish 4 bed house (2100sq ft), with 1 Bathroom (incl Bath+shower), 1 En-suite (incl shower) and cloakroom. kitchen, utility etc.
I have agreed prices with the builder (who will sub contract this aspect), but I want to specify to the builder the boiler to use, as I've seen developments where the combi boilers supplied are cheap & cheerful and cost a fortune to maintain in years to come!
A gas engineer I met recently recommended a Vailiant EcoTec 937 powerstore combi boiler (with Timeswitch140 and VRT50 thermostat). Obviously different engineers prefer different brands, but is this a good quality system/setup for this size house? (I do know the Vailiant is a large beast - I'm assuming I can put this on the garage wall which is adjacent to the kitchen?)
As an alternative I have noticed some posts also refering to Alpha systems being superb - does anyone know what would be an equivalent system from Alpha, and/or would the new Alpha systems be better than Vailiant?
Finally (for those of you patient enough to read my long winded post!), do you have an idea of the premium that I might have to add on for putting in a decent system, rather than say the "deal of the month" at the local trade counter that is probably included in my agreed price?
Any advice gratefully received
I'm about to commence a major refurb/extension on our recently acquired 1950's home. The work will include replacing the 25 yr old boiler/hw tank and single bathroom in the existing house. If all goes to plan we will have a new system providing GCH/HW to a largish 4 bed house (2100sq ft), with 1 Bathroom (incl Bath+shower), 1 En-suite (incl shower) and cloakroom. kitchen, utility etc.
I have agreed prices with the builder (who will sub contract this aspect), but I want to specify to the builder the boiler to use, as I've seen developments where the combi boilers supplied are cheap & cheerful and cost a fortune to maintain in years to come!
A gas engineer I met recently recommended a Vailiant EcoTec 937 powerstore combi boiler (with Timeswitch140 and VRT50 thermostat). Obviously different engineers prefer different brands, but is this a good quality system/setup for this size house? (I do know the Vailiant is a large beast - I'm assuming I can put this on the garage wall which is adjacent to the kitchen?)
As an alternative I have noticed some posts also refering to Alpha systems being superb - does anyone know what would be an equivalent system from Alpha, and/or would the new Alpha systems be better than Vailiant?
Finally (for those of you patient enough to read my long winded post!), do you have an idea of the premium that I might have to add on for putting in a decent system, rather than say the "deal of the month" at the local trade counter that is probably included in my agreed price?
Any advice gratefully received